@aeh, just a quick update on the situation. I do pride myself a bit on my guesstimating skills as afar as IQ scores are concerned, and I was sure the kid would score highly on nonverbal skills, putting all worries about this being a “stupid” issue to rest. Testing for this kid is in full swing now and IQ scores (and also a dyslexia diagnosis, so the school’s got the paperwork they need) are in, and the mom told me non verbal scores came in just below the 130 cutoff! Which is in the ballpark I would have predicted...
The verbal scores however were, predictably, a disaster, and they are continuing to practice reading at home (they haven’t found a computer program at his low skill level...) and taking him to the speech therapist to work on his phonemic awareness, while I take his little sister to music class at the time. Still an uphill slough but his mom is just so much more relaxed now that the nonverbal scores have given her confidence in her child’s abilities and future, and her basis for advocacy.
Last edited by Tigerle; 02/13/19 07:24 AM.
